[OE-core] how does files/fs-perms.txt affect building base-files rpm?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Mon, 13 Mar 2017, Mark Hatle wrote:

> On 3/11/17 3:57 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > On Sat, 11 Mar 2017, Khem Raj wrote:
> >
> >> On 3/11/17 12:30 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >>>
> >>>   potentially a dumb question, but do the settings in
> >>> files/fs-perms.txt affect the building of the base-files rpm just
> >>> as they would affect the building of any other rpm?
> >>
> >> it should be executing fixup_perms() in PKGD before splitting the
> >> package, so yes it should run for all recipes.
> >
> >   so it is possible that, despite the manual settings in the
> > base-files do_install() task, fs-perms.txt might override some of
> > those settings. i'm not saying i've seen anything like that, just
> > clarifying the possibility.
>
> Yes, same for all packages.
>
> At one point I thought there was a comment in both the base-files
> and fs-perms.txt files reminding people they should be kept in sync.
> I am not finding that comment.

  that would seem to be an important comment to have ... i'll let
someone else decide on the wording and add it.

rday

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